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mngt 520 test 1
Management 521 with Turnley at Kansas State University
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By: josh renken
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3 difficulties of relying on total common sense
- past experiences vary between people- values- over generalizing
Observational Research
in depth analysis f a group or organization
methods/purpose of Observational Research
purpose: to describe and id. problemsmethods: interviews, observations. and records
advantage/disadvantage of Observational Research
advan: 1st hand experience in organ.disad: observer bias
Causality of Observational Research
not the purpose of qualitative research
2 Basic ethical concerns of research
- well being of subjects- not harm mental well being of subjects
locust of control
a set of beliefs about whether one's behavior is controlled mainly by internal or external forces
Personality
stable set of psychological characteristics that influences the way an individual interacts with his or her environment
self monitoring
how people observe and regulate how they appear and behave in social settings and relationships
self-esteem
the degree to which a person has a positive self-evaluation
behavioral plasticity theory
people with low self esteem tend to be more susceptible to external and social influences than those who have high self esteem
Pos. affectivity
view the world in a positive way
neg. affectivity
view the world/self in a neg. light
Proactive Personality
proactive personality that effects pos change in one's environment
general self efficacy
trait that one believes in their ability to perform successfully
core self-evaluations
reflect the evaluations people hold about themselves and others self-worth
Learning
a rel. permanent change in behavior potential that occurs due to practice or experience
operant learning
the subject learns to operate on the environment to achieve certain consequences
Reinforcement (see notes)
the process by which stimuli strengthen behaviors
Pos. reinforcement
adds to stimulus to increase/maintain behavior
Neg. Reinforcement
removal of some stimulus
extinction
stopping the reinforcement for some unwanted behavior
punishment ( see notes or pg51-52 )
consequence for unwanted behaviorex: ticket, jail
Modeling
imitating the behavior of others
self management
based on set of one's standards to manage our behavior
Perception
process of interpreting the messages of our senses to provide order and meaning to our environment
primacy effect
1st impression, fixate on initial info.
halo effect
null
recency effect
tendency to react based on most recent experience with someone
central traits
set of traits that perceiver focuses on
projection
attributing one's own characteristics to other people
implicit personality theorie
personal theories that people have about which personality characteristics go together
fundamental attribution error
the tendency to overemphasize dispositional explanations for behavior at the expense of situational explanations
self serving bias
take credit for success and deny responsibility for failure
values
a broad tendency to prefer certain states of affairs over others
6 types of values
1 intellectual2social3aesthetic4economic5religious6political
power distance
the extent to which an unequal distribution of power is accepted by society members
uncertainty avoidance
the extent to which people are uncomfortable with uncertain and ambiguous situations
individualistic vs collective
indiv: stress independence, indiv. initiation, privacycollective: favor loyalty to family and teamwork
attitude
a stable tendency to react to situations consistently
job satisfaction
a collection of attitudes that workers have about their jobs
descrepency theory
a theory that job satisfaction stems from the discrepancy between the job outcomes wanted and the outcomes that are perceived to be obtained
3 fairness theories
distributive equity procedural
distributive theory
people will be unhappy if u don't distribute things fairly
equity theory
job sat. stems from comparison of the inputs one invests in a job and the outcomes one receives in comparison with the inputs of another person or group
4 things that contribute to job satisfaction
- people u work with
- high pay
- promotion=recognition, power/authority
- mentally challenging work
About this deck
By: josh renken
Created: 2010-09-09
Size: 50 flashcards
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Created: 2010-09-09
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